title: [Morbidity of occupational diseases in Poland in the years 1994-1996].
abstract: The authors analysed all cases of occupational diseases diagnosed in Poland over the last three years. The following variables were considered: age, gender of patients, duration of exposure to factors inducing occupational disease, nosologic units, and the types of work places by the European Activity Classification and their localization by voivodships. The obtained results helped to formulate the following conclusions: 1. The number of occupational diseases in the period under study ranged annually between 11,156 and 11,320 cases. The incidence rates (number of cases/100,000 employed) fell within 116-131. 2. The general incidence of occupational diseases was shaped by: hearing impairment, chronic diseases of voice organs, communicable and invasive diseases, pneumoconioses, skin diseases, vibratory syndrome and poisoning. 3. The majority of diagnosed diseases occurred at least after 10 years of occupational exposure to causal factor. 4. The highest incidence of occupational diseases by the European Activity Classification was observed in mining and quarrying, manufacture, education and health services. 5. The analysis of the occupational disease incidence in individual work places indicated a number, however small, of enterprises which are a major source of these diseases.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Epidemiologii Srodowiskowej, Instytutu Medycyny, Lodzi.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Starzyński
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Szymczak
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Szeszenia-Dabrowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009790:Occupations / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013016:Sound / Q000009:adverse effects; D014732:Vibration / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances
vernacular_title: Zapadalność na choroby zawodowe w Polsce w latach 1994-1996.